When Groucho Marx Met Charlie Chaplin by Chance in Winnipeg

<h2>All the world is a stage.</h2> In all, 1921 was not a bad year. World War I was over and the Roaring Twenties had just begun. An English magician performed the “sawing a woman in half” trick for the first time. Harold Arlin announced the first live radio broadcast of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, where the Pirates hosted the Philadelphia Phillies at Forbes Field. And Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees transformed himself from baseball’s top left-hand pitcher to its dominant slugger. On New Year’s Day in 1921, Charlie Chaplin Productions released the silent comedy-drama The Kid, starring Chaplin as the “Little Tramp.” While he had starred in many movies before 1921, this was his first great film. Regarded as the first dramatic comedy, the United States National Film Registry of the Library of Congress preserved it because it was “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” But in 1921, even a hit film didn’t earn Chaplain enough income to get by. So, he performed live to supplement his earnings. Groucho Marx wrote in his 1959 autobiography, Groucho and Me, that Chaplin made $25 per week and owned a single shirt that he washed once every two weeks. One evening, in 1921, as Groucho walked by the Empress Theatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he heard a man speaking, followed by cheers. With three hours to spare before his train would leave town, he entered the premises. On stage, Charlie Chaplin’s antics produced tearful laughter that brought the crowd to tears. After the show ended, and the crowd filed out, Marx made his way to the stage, where the two comedic geniuses met. They toured together the following year. <a href="https://medium.com/six-word-photo-story-challenge/when-groucho-marx-met-charlie-chaplin-by-chance-in-winnipeg-763e9508c39f">Read More</a>